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Another thing that often gets neglected is that nuclear power plants do not create that much radioactive waste. A lot of it is comparable to concentrating exist
by ptero 7y ago
Another thing that often gets neglected is that nuclear power plants do not create that much radioactive waste. A lot of it is comparable to concentrating existing sources used to create enriched fuel. And areas where that fuel is mined from has (somewhat) higher radioactivity levels, just spread over wide areas.
I suspect that a technically decent solution would be mixing up waste to very low concentrations over a large area (putting it where the source came from, or dumping it at the deep sea beds). However, it would be politically unpalatable ("our water will be radioactive, etc.). My 2c.